Making the Boats that Win
Season 4 Episode 415 | 6m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
"The Boys in the Boat" Won in a Racing Shell Built by a Company Still in Business
In 1936, nine working class young rowers from the University of Washington went to the Berlin Olympics and won gold, beating out Adolf Hitler’s elite German crew. It’s a riveting story that was captured in the bestselling book, “The Boys in the Boat.” The winning shell was called the Husky Clipper, made of cedar, spruce and ash and built by the legendary George Pocock.
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IN Close is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
Making the Boats that Win
Season 4 Episode 415 | 6m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1936, nine working class young rowers from the University of Washington went to the Berlin Olympics and won gold, beating out Adolf Hitler’s elite German crew. It’s a riveting story that was captured in the bestselling book, “The Boys in the Boat.” The winning shell was called the Husky Clipper, made of cedar, spruce and ash and built by the legendary George Pocock.
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